MySQL / MariaDB Root User Login Leave a Comment / Linux How-Tos, System Administration / By grokman To login to MySQL / MariaDB as the root user, you will need sudoers perms and then you can issue the following command: /home/grokman grokman@li598-26% sudo mysql -u root -p So, it should go something like this: MySQL Root Login & List Users Sharing is caring!ShareTweetPin0shares